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Ten​-​in​-​One

by El Le Faunt & His Traveling Circus

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1.
Poor Sonja 03:14
Sonja is our contortionist She hails from northern Spain The daughter of a ventriloquist With show business in her veins Sonja having an affair with Daniels Our Ringleader of popular fame She bends and mends to all his needs Ambition is her game But you’ll never get the center ring She’ll never get the prize No, you’ll never get the wedding ring When she's caught in his web of lies Oh, Sonja Can't you see me I'm Standing Right here, Sonja Can't you see I love you I hold him close and sigh I wish I was the only one Then he could say goodbye To his wife with the rising sun I love him more and more each day And he tells each time that we’re through That he’ll send Ann on her way He says, “I love only you” But you’ll never get the center ring She’ll never get the prize No, you’ll never get the wedding ring When she's caught in his web of lies Oh, Sonja Can't you see me I'm Standing Right here, Sonja Can't you see I love you
2.
My name is Jacob and I live by the wire Over fifty feet up and I’ll raise it higher Like my brothers before me, I was raised since birth This is our trade; it’s all that we’re worth On the high wire I am free No one can follow me This is my home inside this dome Living on the wire The crowd cheers, “Jacob! Jacob!” My name is Jacob and I’ll die by the wire Over a hundred feet up and I’ll raise it even higher Like my father before me, I was trained since birth This is my trade; it’s all I’m worth On the wire I am free No one can follow me This is my throne, Until I'm thrown I'll die by this wire
3.
I paint my face to hide the scars For I’ve spent twenty years behind bars Now I’m free I’ll change the earth Like a phoenix this is my re-birth I wear this smile with a tear in my eye For all the ones that I’ve seen die So I've made it my life’s only mission To spread joy in the clown tradition I killed a man; I robbed him blind And he only had two bits I stabbed him through, with my bloody knife Where the hell were my wits I laugh with the worst of men And I promised never judge again The pain worn me so very thin But we all have joy deep within I killed a man; I robbed him blind And he only had two bits I stabbed him through, with my bloody knife Where the hell were my wits
4.
John was born in mid July To a teenage mother with a glass-eye Only four pounds, not an once more Who would care for the son of a whore At the age of twelve he was six feet tall Raised in an orphanage in Montreal He was always so found of the American dream He spent all his nights hatching his scheme John the giant, as gentle as can be Joined our circus at the age of twenty-three Over eight feet tall and four hundred pounds He joined my circus in the underground John the Giant was the best He followed his dream here to the west Until the day that he fell ill Pneumonia took him; it was god’s will John the giant, as gentle as can be Joined our circus at the age of twenty-three Over eight feet tall and four hundred pounds He joined my circus in the underground
5.
I found myself entranced By the sights and the sound With a hop and skip, I danced All around the merry-go-round This is it; yes I am done Mr. Daniels signed me on On my life has now begun A geek under the neon Now I love the cracks, the snaps, and thrill of the spill I love the Screams, the shouts, and the horrible kill So everyone beware When I roll into your town As the geek I declare I’ll turn your smile to a frown Now I love the cracks, the snaps, and thrill of the spill I love the Screams, the shouts, and the horrible kill
6.
I was born covered in scales My mother she told me I was lucky For all my sisters were born with tails My Father he knew I’d be wealthy When he told me to: Use it! Use it! It’s a gift from God So I signed on with Mr. Daniel’s To become a star For I can pay every bill Thanks to the glorious bizarre They told me to: Use it! Use it! It’s a gift from God Use it! Use it! It’s a gift from God Now Circus has given me everything It’s where I meet my wife I gave her my Grandmas Ring Oh what a wonderful life ‘Cause they told me: Use it! Use it! It’s a gift from God Use it! Use it! It’s a gift from God
7.
Ann’s Skin was like Porcelain I’ll be the first to admit She drove men to sin and sin With legs that wouldn’t quit Ann's laugh; intoxicating You would smile at the sound I am not exaggerating She is more than renowned Ann’s tent is right next to mine She is kind, never snooty I can only stare at her sign “Come see the bearded beauty” Ann’s always left alone Mr. Daniels is never around You know reap what you’ve sown I’ll take what I’ve found Ann’s lips were soft and sweet They took me by surprise Then again she was never discrete I guess I've won the prize Ann’s tent is right next to mine She is kind, never snooty I can only stare at her sign “Come see the bearded beauty”
8.
Myrtle swung from forty feet high Like a bird you knew how to fly Up there no one thought you could die But you managed to make us cry Down, down, down, I fell Down, down, down, I fell I pulled her in before her death And with her last dying breath She sang to me I heard her sing to me Please clean up every spill I refuse to be stains Please clean me up until Nothing of me remains Myrtle swung from the flying trapeze She always moved with greatest of ease She was never anything close to a tease She was showstopper aiming always to please Down, down, down, I fell Down, down, down, I fell And where you weren’t support to drop I used this bloodied mop She sang to me I heard her sing to me Please clean up every spill I refuse to be stains Please clean me up until Nothing of me remains
9.
It hasn’t rained in sixty days At least my trailer won’t rust Black blizzards shower us in haze My fur is caked with dust I’m covered in hair, just like my father But I’m No Wolfman I’m No Lycan I am just a man I miss the cold Russian nights From when I was just a boy The Music, the wonder, the lights But I’m stuck in the damned convoy I’m covered in hair, just like my brother But I’m No Wolfman I’m No Lycan I am just a man I was taken so young so far away And brought to my new abode I was to be put on display I can only travel this empty road I’m covered in hair, just like my mother But I’m No Wolfman I’m No Lycan I am just a man
10.
Mr. Daniels 02:49
Thank you for coming to my show I hope You've had your fill You can join us here below as long as you have the skill My Name is David D. Daniels You've already met my circus A motley crew devils & angels right here at your service You've heard secrets, You saw spills, Through our lyrics, You got chills, now go home, to your kin, do not roam, do not sin So here you are; please take my card And sign up if you dare I can tell you that this will be hard For a gift like this is rare I only choose the finest of characters To travel on these dusty trails You must be able to weather these temperatures for we don't ride fancy rails You've heard secrets, You saw spills, Through our lyrics, You got chills, now go home, to your kin, do not roam, do not sin

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released April 21, 2012

Thomas Maddux - Banjo, Tenor Guitar, Ukulele, Vocals
Turkeyes Laffity - Vocals
Cody D Fitzpatrick - Percussion
Jonah Rees - Accordion, Saw
Aleko Loughrey - Guitar
Thomas Reinert - Bass
Tyler Nordmark - Trumpet
Bennie Netzley - Tuba

Produced by Thomas Maddux & Cody D Fitzpatrick
Recorded and Mixed by Cody D Fitzpatrick
Mastered by Jim May
Album Art by - whittneyastreeter.com

All songs Written and Arranged by Thomas Maddux
© 2012 Old Fashioned Records All Rights Reserved
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El Le Faunt & His Traveling Circus is a band from Minneapolis, Minnesota created by Thomas Maddux.

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